A blog for people living with chronic illness to share their truths. Shiny and dull.
The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are. Rumi I thought I would continue this blog with a picture I painted through an art course I am taking called Life Book through Willowing Arts. This was our first picture and I chose a word for the …
Be stubborn about your goals, and flexible about your methods.” -Author Unknown Before my MS diagnosis 18 years ago, I was a dance teacher and dancer. Dance was my life and I couldn’t imagine not doing it. However, after I received the diagnosis, I was rattled. I decided to travel and stopped dancing. Although I do …
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. – Stephen Hawking Sometimes it is really hard to keep doing things as conditions change. For me, one of my passions is gardening. However, this mainly happens in the summer and that means heat. I have a really hard time in the heat and all of my …
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. – Winston Churchill One of the most interesting activities I have done in the last few years was an exercise where I asked a question to an international support site I used to be a chat host for. I asked the group what were some things …
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime. -Babe Ruth I encounter many people every day who deal with illness. I run two support groups for people …
This is a song that I listen to often when I am having a rough time. I thought it tied in with my journaling entry this week. I thought I would add it for you to have a listen. Enjoy! She Used to Be Mine
Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself. -Robin S. Sharma One of my tools that has helped me the most through my life is a journal. It is also probably the thing that …
When the customer comes first, the customer will last. – Robert Half This may seem minor, but in my world today, this was a great day. As a female, I am always apprehensive about taking my vehicle in to have work done. Stereo-typically, I know nothing about cars. I know how to drive them, put …
This article was brought to my attention by a member of a support group I run. Although I do not live in Calgary, I think this is a great article about the way the world is adapting to be more inclusive for people with mobility limitations. As someone who definitely struggles in this area, one …
Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling. - Meghan O'Rourke Grief is one of life's hardest lessons to learn. For me it has been that anyway. Before I was a teacher and school administrator, I began my career …
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